It’s been a very HAPPY week for Gingercake Patterns and moi, Virginia Lindsay 🙂 My new book, More Sewing to Sell is finally available for purchase and I am so excited to share it! This book was a challenge and pleasure to write. I really wanted to give my...

Handmade business is all about diversifying. You can’t just keep doing the same thing over and over again and expect to continue staying in a creative and evolving business. I like to think of my business as a wheel with sprockets- like a bicycle wheel. At...

Thanks for all the interest and comments on my Booth tips last week. I decided to follow up with some talk about pricing! A much debated topic but I hope I can help you by sharing my thoughts and ideas. The first thing to understand about pricing handmade items to...

Last week I participated in a pop up craft show in downtown Pittsburgh. Although the show was not well attended and I felt silly for not having researched it properly (the location and glamour of who was running it fooled me!) I did create a nice, simple table that I...

I thought some of you might be interested in how I am running my sewing business behind the scenes. Someone who write about this quite a bit is Abby from While She Naps if you want to really learn some good info and detail- like in depth extensive detail, you can go...

Sale time! For 10 days, 30% ALL PDF SEWING PATTERNS. This is the biggest sale I do each year. The only time every pattern is on sale for that big of a discount. So, stock up and start making! Another thing I wanted to share with you is my newest secret weapon to...